.. मार्गबंधु स्तोत्रं..
शम्भो महादेव देव
शिव शम्भो महादेव देव शिव शम्भो
शम्भो महादेव देव .. धृ..  
O Shambhu, Mahadeva, Deva, Siva Shambhu, 
Mahadeva, Deva, Siva Shambhu, Mahadeva, Deva %
फालावनम्रत् किरीटं
भालनेत्रार्चिषा दग्धपंचेषुकीटम् .
शूलाहतारातिकूटं
शुद्धमर्धेन्दुचूडं भजे मार्गबंधुम् .. शम्भो..  
O Shambhu, 
with the crown never humbled, 
with a quiver of five arrows fired with rays from the eyes, 
with the enemies vanquished with his trident and
the pure half-crescent moon on his head 
- worship that Margabandhu.  %
अंगे विराजद् भुजंगं
अभ्र गंगा तरंगाभि रामोत्तमांगम् .
ॐकारवाटी कुरंगं
सिद्ध संसेवितांघ्रिं भजे मार्गबंधुम् .. शम्भो..  
O Shambhu,
on whose body is the serpent,
whose fine body is delightful with the waves of the waters of the Ganga,
who is the deer in the garden of Omkara,
who is served by siddhas
- I worship you, Margabandhu.  %
नित्यं चिदानंदरूपं
निह्नुताशेष लोकेश वैरिप्रतापम् .
कार्तस्वरार्गेद्र चापं
कृतिवासं भजे दिव्य मार्गबंधुम् .. शम्भो..  
O Shambhu,
eternally sporting the form of intellectual bliss,
renowned as the Lord of the world with no enemies left,
having a supreme golden bow,
clothed in bark of trees 
- I worship you, O divine Margabandhu.  %
कंदर्प दर्पघ्नमीचं
कालकण्ठं महेशं महाव्योमकेशम् .
कुन्दाभदन्तं सुरेशं
कोटिसूर्यप्रकाशं भजे मार्गबंधुम् .. शम्भो..  
O Shambhu,
the Lord who destroyed Manmatha's pride,
who has the poison in his neck,
the great God, the mighty Lord of Space,
who has shining teeth like the kunda flowers,
the Lord of the devas and shining as a crore suns
- I worship you, Margabandhu.  % 
मंदारभूतेरुदारं
मंथरागेन्द्रसारं महागौर्यदूरम् .
सिंदूर दूर प्रचारं
सिंधुराजातिधीरं भजे मार्गबंधुम् .. शम्भो..  
O Shambhu,
who is more liberal to beings as Mandara (the divine Kalpa Vriksha),
the one more powerful than the Mandara mountain,
always not far from the great Gauri,
the propagator of the Sinduura (sign of prosperity) far and wide,
the one more courageous than the king of oceans
- I worship you, Margabandhu %
अप्पय्ययज्वेन्द्रगीतं स्तोत्रराजं पठेद्यस्तु भक्त्या प्रयाणे |
तस्यार्थसिद्दिं विधत्ते मार्गमध्येऽभयं चाशुतोषी महेशः ||

शंभो महादेव देव शिव शंभो महादेव 
देवेश शंभो शंभो महादेव देव 
|| इति अप्पय्य दीक्षितप्रणितम् श्रीमार्गबन्धुस्तोत्रम् संपूर्णम् ||




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Translation from Stotra Sudha published by Prem Ashram, Thane (E)

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